September 2017 Blog Posts (144)

Recently, I made the decision to become a little more secure on the internet. I don’t have much to hide except maybe bank account info, but I was struck by a Glenn Greenwald quote from a TED Talk he gave about privacy.

Over the last 16 months, as I’ve debated this issue around the world, every single time somebody has said to me, “I don’t really worry about invasions of privacy because I don’t have anything…

A gang of drug traffickers machine-gunned a McDonald’s after their demand for 40 free burgers with fries and soft drinks was turned down.

Tesco customer left gagging after ‘discovering maggots in dog food’ Shocking footage shows terrified customers, including some with young children, hiding under tables and crouching down behind the counter at the fast food store in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro as…

I sometimes wonder if America’s greatest threat is the population’s hyper-patriotism. The bulk of the population is now at work shutting down the NFL players’ 1st Amendment rights, and none of the incensed censors are capable of understanding that it is they, and not the NFL players, who are attacking the U.S. Constitution. We have been through all this flag business before, and federal courts have ruled…

PRIME MINISTER DR HUBERT MINNIS WAS OVERCOME WITH EMOTION AS HE TOLD THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ABOUT HIS GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO ASSIST DOMINICANS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE MARIA

With tears rolling down his face, Bahamian Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Wednesday outlined a comprehensive plan to lend assistance to the government and people of Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane…

It seems like the two things agitating Black people this week is white privilege and the NFL. Between irrelevant actor Steven Seagalhaving the nerve to criticize Black athletes on their free speech while sitting perched up in Moscow supporting Trump, to NBC giving trash anchor Megyn Kelly a larger platform to get ignorant on television — can’t win for losing right now.But perhaps the biggest blow to the…

International ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has raised a red flag that Barbados’ longstanding 2-to-1 peg to the US dollar is under threat as economic conditions continue to deteriorate.

In a grim report issued yesterday, S&P also warned that the Freundel Stuart administration was unlikely to balance its budget any time soon, given lingering challenges including poor implementation of…

In this clip, D.L. Hughley goes in on the existence of God and his personal reasons for believing in a higher power. He thinks the idea of forgiveness that is associated with the Black community has been warped primarily because of slavery and the connection between the generational conceptions of God and this "warped" forgiveness is apparent. To D.L., the concept of God could be intrinsic, but considering the history of America and how…

Nearly 30 years after the original release of Coming to America, the cult classic is getting a sequel.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eddie Murphy is already attached to the project, though it’s unclear whether or not he’ll star in it. “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris is reportedly set to do the rewrite of the script, with Jonathan Levine to direct.The idea of a…

All your private addresses and search queries are belong to us.

There’s a bug in the latest version of Internet Explorer that leaks the addresses, search terms, or any other text typed into the address bar.

The bug allows any currently visited website to view any text entered into the address bar as soon as the user hits enter. The technique can expose sensitive information a user didn’t intend to be viewed by remote…

Dawn Richard is baring it all in a new ad for PETA speaking out against animal skins being used in clothing.The ad shows a naked Richard with her skin being peeled off of her body, along with the words: “Leather Is a Rip-Off. That Leather Jacket or Upholstery Was Someone’s Skin.”In an exclusive video interview with PETA, Richard explained that she wanted to do the ad in…

My son was NOT a racist, homophobic bully: Stepdad of boy, 15, who was stabbed to death by 'tormented' teenager speaks out

The Bronx teenager who fatally stabbed a classmate in the classroom said that he “snapped” after he was being bullied and only meant to scare the other teen.“I guess I just snapped,” Abel Cedeno told the New York Daily News in an interview from Rikers Island. “I didn’t mean to kill…

VENEZUELA’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, JORGE ARREAZA, ADDRESSES THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION

Echoing the sentiments of other officials from Latin American and Caribbean at the UN General Assembly, Venezuela’s Minister for Foreign Affairs yesterday said countries in the region are suffering extreme weather and…

SOME OF THE LOOTERS MAKING THEIR WAY OFF WITH SUPPLIES IN THE CAPITAL, ROSEAU. (PHOTO CREDIT: BARBADOS TODAY)

The signs of despair and distress brought on by hunger and thirst are everywhere in the Dominican capital, Roseau, as the very basic instincts of a people still in a trance from the battering they took from Hurricane Maria a week ago, kick in.…